Material suitable for an individual's tissue reconstruction
OwnerAllan Aho, Antti Yli-Urpo +1inventors
InventorsAllan Aho, Antti Yli-Urpo, Pertti Viitaniemi
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Abstract
The invention relates to a material suitable for the reconstruction of an individual's tissue, in particular supportive tissue such as bone tissue, insertable into the tissue. It is characteristic that it is made up of wood heat-treated within the temperature range of 100-220° C. in the presence of water vapor. The invention also relates to the use of the material.
Claims12
A material suitable for the reconstruction of an individual's tissue, in particular supportive tissue, such as bone tissue, insertable into the tissue, characterized in that it is made up of wood heat-treated within the temperature range of 100-220° C. in the presence of water vapor.
The material according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it contains an active agent, such as a drug, e.g. an antibiotic or a cytostatic drug;
- a growth factor;
- a protein;
- a sugar;
- a hormone;
- an enzyme;
- a collagen or an antioxidant;
- or a substance degrading the material in a controlled manner;
- or any mixture of the above-mentioned substances.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.